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Trying to Sell Me a Perverted Liberty -Part Three

I want to point out that the author of CHRISTIANIZING SECULAR CUSTOMS –A Biblical look at Christmas, Easter, and Halloween makes a ridiculous statement when he says, “The practice of sitting in chairs or pews lined up to face the front was adopted directly from pagan temples in 326 AD.” As if he could cover up his embellishment with a date. Like I said before, couldn’t this practice come from synagogues and temples, aka, schools of Jewish learning? Or even before that! How else would one sit when there is a teaching going on, be it secular or religious or even within families?

As far as the music goes, using it to excuse the “christianizing” of pagan traditions is worse than a non sequitur. If I were trying to convince people that God is pleased with our Christ Masses and Easters I would steer clear of this argument since it would tend to make some discerning Christians rethink their “holy” days’ practices.

I hope what little I’ve pointed out in this article will help the reader to look a bit closer to the arguments that many Christians use when defending X Mass and Easter celebrations. Ask: Is this of man’s wisdom and desires or of God’s? It has to begin on the foundation of God’s Word rightly divided. In this case, the foundation of God’s Word concerning the worship of Him and Christian liberty has to be predicated on what God has already said about the manner of worship acceptable to Him and what the apostles knew of Israel’s history of judgement from God for their syncretism with idolatry. There is NO conceivable way they would ever give Christians permission to use pagan rites and traditions knowing the severe punishment on Israel for doing the same. Disobedience never brings glory to God.

One bit of agreement with the author I must point out as a warning to those of us who know why we shouldn’t celebrate Christo-pagan “holy” days:

One of the reasons people are motivated to abstain from pagan-based customs is that participation would seem to show dishonor to God. (my note on the word-play use of “seem”: no, it doesn’t “seem” to show disrespect-it actually does show it!) Parents must make choices for themselves and their children regarding demonstrations of honor for God – abstaining from certain holidays may be one of those choices. However, we must be careful if we are preoccupied with identifying and then avoiding everything in our culture that might possibly hint at what we think is dishonor for God, although not directly mentioned in Scripture… Some find it easy, once they start identifying the pagan or evil roots of cultural customs, to become consumed with trying to show God respect by avoiding every questionable custom. (me again: yes, I’ve seen this and it makes it very hard to get the truth out when some have zeal without knowledge)

For example, if one discovers that each of the days of the week is named after a pagan god, must we then stop using those names? Does God truly feel dishonored because we call Sunday “Sunday” or call Monday “Monday,” etc? Should we begin to chastise our children for using exclamations like “gee whiz”, “golly” or “oh my” even though their motives are innocent? This path is never-ending. Once we start trying to avoid everything with historical roots that probably might dishonor God, the journey becomes consuming. Ask yourself, do you really think God feels dishonored because a new believer tries to clean up his language and exclaims “Oh, my!” instead of uttering something profane?

I have seen many groups prune their ministries of holidays such as Christmas and Easter, as well as, each of the items on the foregoing list, including saying “gee wiz” and “golly.” When they started meeting in homes, got completely rid of these things, and the dust settled, they were no godlier than when they started. In fact, most of the groups were more self-righteous and judgmental. (again, me: I’m not sure that I buy what he is saying here about home church members but it is a good warning to everyone who has obeyed God’s Word concerning not worshiping Him in the same manner as the pagans do for their gods. I do hope this statement by the author is not an attempt at demonizing conscientious Christians)

Holy Not to God but to Man

In keeping, after a religious sort, a day that has no authority but man’s, we are paying homage to that authority; we are bowing down, in the very act of our observance of the day as part of worship, not to Christ, who has not appointed it, but to the Church, which has. We are keeping the season holy, not to God, but to man. ~ from the book, The Church of Christ by James Bannerman

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“…you cannot get good fruit out of an evil occultic tree…”

...the Bible says we can't get good fruit out of an evil tree. Is our entertainment more important than the approval of the Lord Jesus Christ?
hattip: Christopher J. E. Johnson, author, Fantasy Novels: Invitations to Hell

Job 14:4 (KJV)

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

Psalm 119:128

Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; And I hate every false way. Psalm 119:128

Spurgeon Quotes

It is idolatry to worship the true God by a wrong method.

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God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.-John 4:24

Every time any form of worship by procession, celebration, or ceremonial of man's invention is offered to God, it is offered in defiance of this word of Christ, and cannot and will not be received; however earnest people may be they have violated the imperative canon of God's Word; and in fighting for rubrics they have gone against the eternal rubric that God as a Spirit must be worshipped in spirit and in truth. ~ C.H. Spurgeon

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“Essence of lies, and quintessence of blasphemy, as the religion of Rome IS… it nevertheless fascinates a certain order of Protestants, of whom we fear it may be truly said that ‘they have received a strong delusion to believe a lie, that they may be damned.’ Seeing that it is so, it becomes all who would preserve their fellow-immortals from destruction to be plain and earnest in their warnings. Not in a party-spirit, but for truth’s sake, our Protestantism must protest perpetually.” ~ C.H. Spurgeon

–The Sword and the Trowel January 1873

Quotes of Note

“But you say, ‘We don’t do it that way,’ but God says, ‘I don’t want you to do it at all!'” ~Jim Brown

"Satan is the world’s greatest counterfeiter, so he tempts us to sit at his table and join his feast (festival, festivity) by making it as attractive as he can. He knows we won’t say no if his festival looks like pure evil, so he’s let us create our own G-rated version that we aren’t as likely to resist...God is a jealous God, and all pagan beliefs are sinful in God’s eyes. We can’t choose how much or even how nicely we want to celebrate. " ~Michele Blake

How does one worship God by disobeying Him?

None resist the wisdom of God more than they that should be wisest, and they resist because of their zeal for their own traditions: for men please themselves in superstition more than in any other thing, that is to say, in a worship of God fondly devised by themselves. ~ Geneva Study Bible, commentary on Mark 7:1 concerning the Pharisees (which would be today's Christo-pagans)

Truth confronts…

Don't be surprised when the truth offends the mind of the hearer for it has just revealed the true intents or condition of the heart. Remember, truth still remains the truth even if the hearer chooses not to believe it.

From the Proverbs

Proverbs 15:31 The ear that hears the rebukes of life Will abide among the wise.

Proverbs 28:26 He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, But whoever walks wisely will be delivered.

Galatians 4:16

“Have I now become your enemy because I tell you the truth?”

The only people who are mad at you for speaking the truth are those people who are living the lie.

Keep speaking the truth.

Christo-Pagan religion:

The blended religion comprised of ancient Sun-worship rituals sanctioned by and brought into Christian "Orthodoxy" by Roman emperor Constantine in the fourth century...

An apostasy and abomination, nonetheless remains the second most popular religion on Earth today.

Think about this…

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What is Our Guide?

We … are not permitted to cherish any doctrine after our own will, nor to choose that which another person has introduced from their own private fancy. In the Lord's apostles we possess our authority. Even they did not choose to introduce anything from themselves, but faithfully delivered to the nations the discipline which they had received from Christ. If, therefore, even an angel from heaven should preach any other gospel, he would be called accursed by us. Tertullian, c. A.D. 200 (Prescription Against Heretics 6)

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Christianizing Paganism

It amazes me that those who celebrate the traditions of men’s pagan/papist "holy" days have no problem saying that you cannot christianize Yoga or other such pagan activities and practices-can they not see their own hypocrisy? They would not have us pick and choose the Scriptures we should abide by, and they would not have us give to Scriptures our own private interpretation, yet it is the very thing that they do to justify celebrating these abominable pagan "holy" days that God detests and tells us not to do many times over throughout His holy Word.

The Deceitfulness of the Heart

Here then, is one striking evidence of the deceitfulness of the heart. It produces ignorance of ourselves; it keeps men strangers to their own character; and makes them fatally presume that they are in friendship with God, while they are enemies to Him in their minds and by wicked works. ~from THE DECEITFULNESS OF THE HEART by David Black

Men, since the Fall, have always made a light thing of disobedience to God and makes obedience to God an overly hard thing to do.

1 Corinthians 10:32 (KJV)

Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles nor to the church of God:

Questions: If you set up the pagan X Mass tree in the church because you don’t believe there is any harm to you and your fellow believers, will you stop the practice when a former Wiccan comes to Christ Jesus as her Savior and joins your church? Or will you wound her conscience and spoil her rewards from God by your selfishness in letting her believe that some of her Wiccan practices and tokens are OK for her to hold on to? In witnessing Christ before Wiccans, do you think they will see how set apart from them you are during the X Mass/Easter season? Or will they see you as imitating them (which is what you really are doing) and believe that Christianity is just another pagan-rooted religion?

Another question: Do you care if some of your members leave the church while you are celebrating the Yuletide season because it offends them?

To all pseudo-Christians:

Pretend for a moment that you and your family are the only ones in the world. Pretend you don’t have a TV or any history books from the world. All you have is a Bible. Without any influences from the world, you do your best to follow the Word of God. Based on that scenario, is it likely that you will be cutting a tree from the forest, decorating it with balls, and exchanging gifts on December 25th and saying it is for the celebration of the birth of Christ? Of course not because such silly tradition does not exist in the Bible and it would not even exist in your conscience and you would not even be inspired to imagine such a silly tradition. It is only through the impure minds of the heathens that such a tradition came about.

Therefore, if you do the Christmas celebration, you fully acknowledge that it is solely based on the world’s tradition. It is solely based on what MAN says to do, not God. If you want to continue Christmas celebration, then don’t be a hypocrite and say it’s for Jesus, because it’s not! It’s for the world. Admit you are a heathen and carry on your heathen ways, but don’t you dare put yourself in the same category as the most High and all His people. We are not of the world. ~comment from Duh Enlightened One on a YT Video

Think about it…

It is NEVER going to be acceptable to a Holy God to offer Him rituals created for worship to demons, no matter what name or revisionist meaning we slap upon it.

He will absolutely refuse it, and most likely, if we continued trying to offer it after we have been made aware of the vile source, eventually we will invoke His righteous wrath.

Decide for yourself what you wish to do, but as for ME, I will attempt to please God as HE instructs, NOT through paganic traditions as I may desire.

Besides,
Even if we COULD somehow use pagan rituals in worship to the true God, WHY SHOULD WE WANT to? ~ Gordon Kelse-Furr

Disclaimer

Disclaimer: I do not endorse anyone’s religious views in what I post here. My goal is to share the truth about the pagan/papist “holy” days called Christmas and Easter and that may include articles, posts, videos and teachings from those whose religious views you and I disagree with. Use discernment . I’m not asking anyone to do anything more than to give consideration to the message despite the messenger’s religious beliefs in other matters. However, I will be most appreciative of anyone who calls to my attention any scriptural error within their teaching against the X Mass “holy” day. Also, I see that some articles I post on side issues like the keeping of the Sabbath and the Hebrew Roots Movement are by those who believe that the X Mass “holy” day is OK to celebrate. That does not make it right to do as it is still an abomination to God.

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Father, cause X Mass H8rs Blog to be successful in its message against the practice of Christo-paganism in the Church and life of Your beloved children. Send souls who need to hear Your Word on the subject today. Open their eyes to the lies they are believing as truth for Your name's sake. Strengthen those who are persecuted for standing on Your Word in forsaking that which You have not ordained for the worship of You. Let not my labors for Your Kingdom be in vain. Grant this website to bring You glory daily for as long as it exists, amen~